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ColonelBoston
I’d bet a decent amount that the Sox would consider a trade w/ Beckett — they need to shed salary & he’s one of their many bad contracts. Plus, he’s always hurt & a clubhouse cancer.
MaineSox
Beckett has been their best pitcher, has averaged just over 29 starts per year in Boston, and there’s absolutely nothing whatsoever to base calling him a clubhouse cancer on.
Stop listening to “Mazz.”
johnsilver
They are supposed to trade a solid pitcher, pay his salary and let the Aaron Cook’s and Matsuzaka’s of the world take his place according to some of the “enlightened ones” at the Globe and a few other media outlets in the new England area. That way they will have another item to gripe about when Beckett is given away.
Sometimes it will be a blessing when the NYT and it’s satellite group just comes crashing down altogether and it won’t be long. They are operating so much in the Red anyway and have been for years. loss of readership, can’t get digital subscribers willing to pay.. Print media a bust.. One way to say adios to poor sports writing in that area (NE).
MaineSox
If they never printed another article it would be fine by me.
chris_synan1
a 4.09 ERA is average, but with this lineup they should be scoring more runs than 4
chris_synan1
to support him
MaineSox
His 3.75 FIP is quite a bit better than average, as is his 3.00 strikeout to walk ratio.
chris_synan1
do you have to use the word cancer
Karkat
There’s really not a better word to encapsulate the notion he’s trying to express.
Karkat
It’s okay, none of the other 29 teams are considering a trade involving Josh Beckett either
hawkny11
Trading Beckett now, while he has marketability, makes sense, if his entire salary goes away when he moves on.
LazerTown
Beckett doesn’t have the kind of value they would want him to have. He is having a very mediocre season. They would be selling low.
bigpat
If a team is willing to take on Beckett’s entire salary, I think it would be worth it to trade him and deal with a hole in the rotation now for a chance to sign a real stud like Hamels or Greinke. Beckett is very good, but seems a little inconsistent for his high salary and I’d prefer my ace to make all his starts and not have annual DL trips.
melonis_rex
trading for a rental would be a terrible idea for the a’s. there’s plenty of improvement with the young guys and a healthy Cespedes and mccarthy and anderson should be back after the ASB, but there’s also plenty of potential for backwards regression.
I’ll make an exception for any cheap reliever pickup, especially of the RHP variety because the A’s pen is bad.
Iconoclast17
Backwards regression? Sounds like a SABR term that doesn’t have a basis in reality. Agree, though, this team is playing about as well as it possibly can and that’s a testament to Bob Melvin. Practically every move he makes is the right one and the young starters are incredible.
Anderson isn’t going to be a factor this year. Hopefully he makes it back by September, which is usual for ACL injuries (14-months minimum.)
The A’s pen isn’t “bad.” Balfour is still one of the best set-up men in the business, Blevins has been solid and Cook is holding down the closer role fairly well. Another arm or two wouldn’t hurt.